Addie Instructional Design

Links: in learning modules * Student activities to make sure they are clear and correlate with content in menuFirst Few Days or Week 1The first few days should be devoted to allowing the students to become oriented to your course. * Students read your welcome page. * Students work through the "Start Here" information. * Students introduce themselves. (This creates a sense of community.) * Give feedback to some or all of the introductions. * If you 're using audio or video, have the students test it before they actually need to use it. * Make sure the students understand all the course policies as outlined in the "Start Here" module. Ask if there are any questions. * Students take the "Student Survey" if you desire to get information from them. * Give a quiz over the "Start Here" module? (optional) * Announce when the students should begin working. * Be vigilant to questions from students; check email and discussions in Vista frequently (at least for the first week), and respond in a timely manner.Week 1 or 2 - Instruction Begins * Post a discussion to reinforce what the students should be doing. * During the first week, ask "How 's it going? This helps the students know you genuinely care about their experience in your course, and it could alert you to any potential problems.Formative Feedback in Each ModuleFormative feedback is useful to help you see what is working and not working. This has already been set up in our course for every learning module. Open-ended questions get the best results. For example: * What do you like best about this learning unit? * What do you like least about this learning unit? * How would you improve this learning unit?You have access to this feedback at any time. It is recommended that you read the feedback on a frequent basis, and make adjustments to the course as necessary. | EvaluateThe course is over, and it 's now time to stop and evaluate the teaching and learning activities, and student learning outcomes. Student learning outcome is the key factor to evaluating effective course design. There are many factors that can influence student learning outcomes. | In this section, you will evaluate your course design by looking at how well your students achieved the stated learning outcomes. The answers to the following questions should help you improve your course design. * Does the students ' demonstration of learning align with your stated learning outcomes? * Did the teaching strategies and learning assignments move the students to the stated learning outcomes? * Were the stated learning outcomes specific enough to inform the students of how they should study and how they would be assessed? * If there is a gap between the expected learning outcomes and how well your students achieved the expectations, then there is a problem with course activities and/or delivery.Things you might consider: * If there is a problem, where is it? * Instructions in the overview page not clear * Student learning outcomes * Did the students meet your learning objective statements? * Objective statements not "measurable" * Assessment strategies did not accurately measure objectives * Learning activities did not support objectives * Examples or models of student work not provided * Rubrics/guidelines not clear * Assignments not clear * Other * Re-review all the formative evaluations for clues * Interview students for more feedback |